UPDATE: Missing Newport News man has been spotted by family

NEWPORT NEWS — A missing 20-year-old from Newport News has been spotted by family members and is believed to be safe, but police are still working to make contact with him.

Vernon Lee Williams is "20 years old but functions on the level of a 12-year-old," police spokesman Harold Eley said. He was last seen around 7 p.m. Wednesday leaving the Monterrey Apartments on LaSalle Avenue in Hampton on his bicycle. He was presumed to be heading toward his foster home on Dillwyn Drive in Newport News.

Eley said two family members tell police that they have seen Williams, and they believe he is going to different residences of acquaintances. Eley said Williams appears to be safe, but police will continue to officially list him as "missing" until officers can make contact with him.